SCHEDULEPERSONAL INDEPENDENCE PAYMENT: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

PART 2CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Amendment of the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 200228

1

The Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Rate) Regulations 200299 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)100, in the appropriate place insert—

“personal independence payment” means personal independence payment under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

3

In regulation 9 (disability element and workers who are to be treated as at a disadvantage in getting a job)101, after paragraph (4)(c) insert—

d

personal independence payment.

4

In regulation 13 (entitlement to child care element of working tax credit), after paragraph (6)(h) insert—

i

personal independence payment.

5

In regulation 14(4)—

a

omit “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (b)102; and

b

after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

; or

d

personal independence payment is payable in respect of that child, or would be payable but for regulations under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012

6

In regulation 17 (severe disability element)—

a

in paragraph (1) after “paragraph (2)” insert “or (3)”; and

b

after paragraph (2) insert—

3

A person satisfies this paragraph if the enhanced rate of the daily living component of personal independence payment under section 78(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012—

a

is payable in respect of that person; or

b

would be so payable but for regulations made under section 86(1) (hospital in-patients) of that Act.